Travel info and maps

By air

Manchester Airport is
a large international airport (the UK's third largest airport) and
currently handles 20 million passengers a year, offering direct flights
to over 180 destinations worldwide by over 90 airlines.
It is just 10 miles (16 km) south of Manchester
city centre and is a 20-25 minute journey by direct rail link or
motorway.

A taxi ride from the airport to the Chancellors Residential Conference
Centre will cost about £12-15.

Direct trains run approximately every ten minutes between Manchester Airport
and Piccadilly Railway Station in the city centre between 5.40am -
11.30pm, then approximately every hour through the night. The
approximate journey time is 25 minutes. The rail station at the Airport
is adjacent to Terminal 1 International.

According to the Liverpool Airport website the nearest and
recommended station on the local/regional rail network is Hunts Cross
Railway Station.
To get there take Airlink bus service No. 81A which operates every 30 minutes.
From Hunts Cross Railway Station trains depart at a hourly interval for
Manchester Piccadilly Station, stopping also at Manchester Oxford Road
Station.
Expect the train journey to take between 50 and 60 minutes.

An alternative is Liverpool Express Bus Service No. 500 is located directly outside
the entrance to the airport terminal. It departs every 30 minutes for
Liverpool city centre, calling at Lime Street (for rail connections),
The service operates between the hours of 0515 and 0015 and leaves the airport
at quarter past and quarter to the hour.
Direct trains run form Lime Street Railway Station to Manchester Oxford
Road Station and Manchester Piccadilly.

By train

The Chancellors Residential Conference Centre can be easily reached from
Piccadilly Station, Manchester's main railway station.

From Piccadilly Railway Station, the taxi will be about £6. If you want
to take the bus, you'll have to walk about 500 yards to Piccadilly Bus
Station (see the city centre map), where you can catch any bus 40-48 to
Owens Park on Wilmslow Road.
Walk forward to the junction with Moseley Road, turn left, at the next
set of traffic lights turn left (into Chancellors Way); Chancellors is on
your left.

The other mainline central railway stations is Victoria Railway Station
which is situated in the northern part of the city centre and therefore
a bit less convenient.
However you can make your way either by tram or on foot to the Piccadilly Bus
Station (see the city centre map), and then proceed as above.

There is also the smaller Oxford Road Railway Station on
the corner of Withworth West and Oxford Road (see the map).
From the bus stop on Oxford Road you can take any bus 40-48 to Owens
Park on Wilmslow Road (the name of Oxford Road further south).

If you choose to travel by train, please be aware that UK trainfares can
differ significantly depending on the time of the day and if you book
them in advance. Tickets that are valid during rush hours can be very
expensive. If you don't travel during rush hours, you can buy a
so-called Saver Return ticket from London to Manchester at the station
directly before your trip for about £50. Trains for Manchester leave
from London Euston Station.

From M56
At J3 of the M56, continue towards Manchester along A5103 Princess Parkway/Princess
Road for 3 miles, turn right at traffic lights into Wilbraham Road A6010
signed (MCFC/Sheffield/Ashton-under-Lyne). Fallowfield Campus signs
show the directions to the venue.

From M67
Follow M67 west from Mottram, onto A57 signposted Manchester. After
about 2 miles turn left at traffic lights into Mount Road, then second
right into Stanley Grove. After 3/4 mile cross over A6 into Dickenson
Road A6010. Then after 1/2 mile left into Birchfields Road A34, then
after 1/2 mile turn right into Old Hall Lane and pick up the Fallowfield
Campus signs with directions to the venue.